Tomorrow we drive home. But today, Friday, gives us our last destinations on our itinerary. Cleveland, Ohio, where we’ll make a quick stop at the Christmas Story House, and then spend an afternoon at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Christmas Story House is a museum in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland where the exterior scenes of Ralphie Parker’s house in the 1983 film were filmed. The house has been restored and renovated to appear as it did both inside and outside in the film. All I can say is that you can’t help but have a huge, goofy smile on your face while you’re there. I’m glad we made the detour to see it.
As for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, for me it was much like the Hockey Hall of Fame. I could spend days there. Beautiful building, great exhibits—
Actually, Laura describes it better. Here she is!
Long live rock and roll! is spelled out in six foot high red block letters that greet you at the R&R Hall of Fame. LONG LIVE ROCK. The building is modern, angular, with internal beams like a giant erector set. The exhibits combine performance videos, hand written lyrics, album covers, photos, clothing, and of course, instruments. There were movies—I loved the movie about the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees—so many legends, playing together.Max and I notices when Springsteen and Bono played together, only Bono wore an ear monitor. The Boss is old school.
There was a huge exhibit just for the Beatles. An extended series of films covered each of their albums, and Max and David could have stayed and watched each one twice if they could. There was a great exhibit about Rolling Stone magazine—iconic photos and magazine covers and articles. The images of the artists take me back to the time when Rolling Stone was a must-read magazine for me. I was so much younger then … I’m older than that now.
After the Hall of Fame we headed out of town for about an our for a stay at a place called the Davis Hotel …
or so we thought….
Song of the day: “That’s The Way Love Is” by Marvin Gaye.
I spent a few days there for a “Dinner Impossible” shoot. Amazing place. Thank you to all the Moms of rock stars. They kept the best archives! There is a reason it is pyramid shaped, most of the artifacts are still in the basement.
I am speechless (almost). Your thoughts are so beautiful (and so are you). Looking forward to seeing you soon. XOXO
What a great way to close out the trip with a visit to the R&R Hall of Fame. I did spy a Beatles lunch box in the one of the exhibits? Painfully I nor my parents were that hip to get one of these gems. The brown plaid box I had (with Thermos) would be a harbinger of my career as an engineering geek. Truly a place where many memories flood back to frame a very specific place in time.
You all focused in on what is amazing – the lyrics, in the hand of the author(s). Nothing is as powerful. I saw the hand written notes of the Wright Brothers for their wing testing experiments at the Franklin Institute, this too was powerful. I saw the hand written lyrics of Tom Petty, even more powerful. The connectivity of these varied pieces of our collective experiences make me hopeful that the road ahead can be shared path not a divisive one.